powerpro, not much dust inside, how about yours?

reible · Post by **reible** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 12:48 pm

When I slipped a belt a while back I went inside to have a looks see at the belt tension and got the shop vac out to do a general clean out. When I pulled the cover there was very little dust, maybe a teaspoon or so. I have not had it open in a long while and it has not been cleaned out since mid 2012 when I put it together.

This seems odd to me so I'm wondering if others are seeing this too?

BTW the top belt was a little loose and I did an adjustment and all has seems fine but I have not had to drill any large holes since the adjustment so I will have to wait and see if I now have it tightened enough. The drilling went fine until the break through point went there was a small catch on both of the holes(me rushing it too much too).

Ed

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 1:46 pm

Does this not mean that there is either no air flow to draw in the sawdust or that the airflow simply does not draw air flow. I don't have a PowerPro and I have not seen one fully assembled but I suspect that there is no air being drawn into the headstock from the shop.

rjent · Post by **rjent** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 2:04 pm

dusty wrote:Does this not mean that there is either no air flow to draw in the sawdust or that the airflow simply does not draw air flow. I don't have a PowerPro and I have not seen one fully assembled but I suspect that there is no air being drawn into the headstock from the shop.

I will take my belt cover off as soon as I can, but I'll bet you are right. It is why there are so many "heat sinks" cast into the motor housing.

JMHO

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 2:40 pm

I've never found an appreciable amount of dust in my PowerPro headstock. I've looked several times. Even a teaspoon full would have been a lot! I had way less than that.

nuhobby · Post by **nuhobby** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 4:24 pm

Same here, I only opened it one time since my 2010 DIY installation, and it was very clean!

Chris

claimdude · Post by **claimdude** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:18 pm

Just opened mine last week to check belts. Had it slip when drilling a big hole. Top belt was loose. Adjusted so all are tight now. Next to no dust inside (maybe a 1/4 tsp).

Jack

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:24 pm

I service my Shopsmith on a very regular basis and I still have more saw dust within the headstock than I believe is good for it. I become especially concerned when I work with materials that create a lot of fine dust. This may all be a subjective evaluation but my headstock gets dirty on the inside necessitating regular cleaning.

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